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Russia demands access to VPN providers' servers
Posted on 29 March 2019 by NetworkWorld.com
The Russian censorship agency Roskomnadzor has ordered 10 VPN service providers to link their servers in Russia to its network in order to stop users from reaching banned sites.If they fail to comply, their services will be blocked, according to a m…
How to manage your Linux environment
The configuration of your user account on a Linux system simplifies your use of the system in a multitude of ways. You can run commands without knowing where they're located. You can reuse previously run commands without worrying how the system is k…
As memory prices plummet, PCIe is poised to overtake SATA for SSDs
A collapse in price for NAND flash memory and a shrinking gap between the prices of PCI Express-based and SATA-based solid-state drives (SSDs) means the shift to PCI Express SSDs will accelerate in 2019, with the newer, faster format replacing the o…
BrandPost: Robots in Retail are Real… and so is Edge Computing
I've seen plenty of articles touting the promise of edge computing technologies like AI and robotics in retail brick & mortar, but it wasn't until this past weekend that I had my first encounter with an actual robot in a retail store. I was doin…
Cisco warns of two security patches that don't work, issues 17 new ones for IOS flaws
Cisco has dropped 17 Security advisories describing 19 vulnerabilities in the software that runs most of its routers and switches, IOS and IOS/XE.The company also announced that two previously issued patches for its RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN …
Microsoft introduces Azure Stack for HCI
Microsoft has introduced Azure Stack HCI Solutions, a new implementation of its on-premises Azure product specifically for Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) hardware.Azure Stack is an on-premises version of its Azure cloud service. It gives compa…
Motorola taps freed-up wireless spectrum for enterprise LTE networks
In a move that could upend how workers access data in the enterprise, Motorola has announced a broadband product that it says will deliver data at double the capacity and four-times the range of Wi-Fi for end users. The handheld, walkie-talkie-like …
Elizabeth Warren's right-to-repair plan fails to consider data from IoT equipment
There's a surprising battle being fought on America's farms, between farmers and the companies that sell them tractors, combines, and other farm equipment. Surprisingly, the outcome of that war could have far-reaching implications for the internet o…
Elizabeth Warren's Right to Repair plan fails to consider data from IoT equipment
IoT roundup: Keeping an eye on energy use and Volkswagen teams with AWS
Much of what's exciting about IoT technology has to do with getting data from a huge variety of sources into one place so it can be mined for insight, but sensors used to gather that data are frequently legacy devices from the early days of industr…
HPE introduces hybrid cloud consulting business
Hybrid cloud is pretty much the de facto way to go, with only a few firms adopting a pure cloud play to replace their data center and only suicidal firms refusing to go to the cloud. But picking the right balance between on-premises and the cloud is…
Cisco forms VC firm looking to weaponize fledgling technology companies
Cisco this week stepped deeper into the venture capital world by announcing Decibel, an early-stage investment firm that will focus on bringing enterprise-oriented startups to market.Veteran VC groundbreaker and former general partner at New Enterpr…
IDG Contributor Network: Identifying exceptional user experience (UX) in IoT platforms
Enterprises are inundated with information about IoT platforms' features and capabilities. But to find a long-lived IoT platform that minimizes ongoing development costs, enterprises must focus on exceptional user experience (UX) for 5 types of IoT …
BrandPost: Changes in SD-WAN Purchase Drivers Show Maturity of the Technology
SD-WANs have been available now for the past five years, but adoption has been light compared to that of the overall WAN market. This should be no surprise, as the technology was immature, and customers were dipping their toes in the water first as …
BrandPost: Today's Retailer is Turning to the Edge for CX
Despite the increasing popularity and convenience of ecommerce, 92% of purchases continue to be made off-line, according to the U.S. Census. That's putting enormous pressure on retailers to meet new consumer expectations around real-time access to m…
An inside look at Tempo Automation's IIoT-powered 'smart factory'
As someone who's spent his whole career working in offices, not factories, I had very little idea what a modern "smart factory" powered by the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) might look like. That's why I was so interested in Tempo Automation's…
An inside look at an IIoT-powered smart factory
This free team collaboration app is changing how teams work together
Efficiency is the name of the game in today's fast-paced digital world; and whether you're leading a team—or an entire company—you should always be looking for new and creative ways to get more done in less time. That's the goal, right? While there …
How to hack your own Wi-Fi network
One way to bolster your understanding of Wi-Fi security is to do some hacking yourself. That doesn't mean you should infiltrate a company's network or snoop on a neighbor's setup. Rather, ethical hacking and legitimate Wi-Fi penetration testing – do…
Try out this powerful online meeting solution for free
The conundrum of business meetings: as much as they allow for dispersed teams to connect and hammer out issues and propose solutions in real-time, it can be equally difficult to find an easy-to-use solution that works for everyone. We've all been th…
BrandPost: Top 4 Edge Computing Challenges that IT Solution Providers Can Solve
The global edge computing market size is projected to reach $3.24 billion US by 2025 (according to a study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc.). While this research underscores the speed and volume at which edge computing installations are growin…
Tips for using the Ip command to print from Linux systems
The lp command on Linux systems offers a range of printing options that allow you to print documents using a variety of options. In this post, we take a look at some that offer interesting possibilities.The recent Printing from the Linux command lin…
BrandPost: Digital Transformation Update: Challenges & the Road Ahead
Fast, faster, fastest. The pace for digital transformation has escalated such that, if your company hasn't started, it will be left behind in a legacy bubble, according to participants in a recent IDG TechTalk Twitter chat.
A1) I hate to be mean-spi…
IT needs to make mobile unified communications a priority
The need for safe, reliable, and easy-to-use communications tools has given rise to unified communications (UC), a strategy that integrates multiple communications modalities under a single management and security umbrella. The result is more effect…
BrandPost: 6 Reasons Why 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) Access Points are the Preferred IoT Platform
Walking into Amazon Go store is stepping into the future. You scan your Amazon Go app and the gates open before you. You can pick up a healthy salad for lunch, a quick snack, or dinner. You just drop the items in your bag and walk out. Seconds later…
Triton and the new wave of IIoT security threats
As IIoT grows in prominence, so too does its status as a target for malicious hackers – particularly given its increased impact on the physical world; the latest and potentially most dangerous is called Triton.To read this article in full, please click…
Cisco directs high priority patches for IP phone security exposures
Cisco this week advised customers using its 7800 and 8800 series IP phones they should patch a variety of high-priority vulnerabilities that could lead to denial of service and other security problems.The company issued five security advisories, fou…
Nvidia launches new hardware and software for on-prem and cloud providers
Nvidia used its GPU Technology Conference in San Jose to introduce new blade servers for on-premises use and announce new cloud AI acceleration.The RTX Blade Server packs up to 40 Turing-generation GPUs into an 8U enclosure, and multiple enclosures …
Quantum computing will break your encryption in a few years
Modern public-key encryption is currently good enough to meet enterprise requirements, according to experts. Most cyberattacks target different parts of the security stack these days – unwary users in particular. Yet this stalwart building block of …
Data center fiber to jump to 800 gigabits in 2019
The upper limits on fiber capacity haven't been reached just yet. Two announcements made around an optical-fiber conference and trade show in San Diego recently indicate continued progress in squeezing more data into fiber.In the first announcement,…
Startups introduce new liquid cooling designs
With the increase in compute density making air cooling less and less feasible, liquid cooling is going mainstream. For data centers. Overclockers have been doing it for years.For the most part, liquid cooling involves piping in cooled water to a he…
Printing from the Linux command line
Printing from the Linux command line is easy. You use the lp command to request a print, and lpq to see what print jobs are in the queue, but things get a little more complicated when you want to print double-sided or use portrait mode. And there ar…
Network issues are causing more data-center outages
Power failures are a common cause of data-center outages, but they're not the only culprit. As enterprise computing environments grow more complex, IT system and network failures are bringing down data centers in greater numbers.To read this article in…
Cisco spreads AI across Webex meetings
Cisco Webex has rolled out a package of AI-based features that brings together recently acquired technologies it says will make business meetings more efficient and intuitive.The Webex conferencing tool enhancements, which include faster meeting sta…
IDG Contributor Network: Software-defined perimeter: Identity-centric enforced network perimeter
With the introduction of cloud, BYOD, IoT and virtual offices scattered around the globe, the traditional architectures not only hold us back in terms of productivity but also create security flaws that leave gaps for compromise.The network and secu…
BrandPost: Deploying highly secure, easy to deploy and cost-effective Micro Data Centers
Industry trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and content distribution networks (CDNs) are driving the need for edge computing. That's because these solutions often require low latency, high bandwidth, greater reliability, and strong security…
DoE plans world's fastest supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Energy says it is working on a supercomputer that will break the target of exaFLOP computation – a quintillion (1018) floating-point computations per second – in order to handle high-performance computing and artificial intel…
3 companies developing wearable tech for the enterprise
Earlier this month, I wrote that "even as smartwatch shipments continue to grow, significant industrial and business use cases for these internet-connected devices have yet to appear."And then a few days later, as if on cue, International Data Corpo…
BrandPost: SD-WAN Without WAN Optimization is Like Peanut Butter Without Jelly
SD-WAN vs. WAN Optimization
Optimization of applications and data traffic has been an integral part of the WAN since its inception. WAN optimization accelerates application traffic by overcoming latency and reducing the amount of data traversing the…
Exec: How SDN, SD-WAN, security fit in VMware's strategy
It has been just 10 months since Tom Gillis became VMware's senior vice president and general manager of its networking and security business, and in that time he has overseen some major changes in the company's core products.Most recent is a milest…
How did Facebook go down despite multiple data centers?
The Mercury retrograde kicked in big time on Wednesday as Facebook suffered an eight hour-outage that also affected Instagram and Facebook Messenger.No one was believed to be harmed; a few might have even had offline interactions with other human be…
BrandPost: Micro Data Centers Evolve to Fit New Business Requirements of Edge Computing
Recent breakthroughs in technology have expanded the possibilities for where data is gathered, processed, stored and analyzed. IT staffs and their business counterparts now have the flexibility of deciding whether their applications are more efficie…
BrandPost: What's the Difference between OFDMA and MU-MIMO in 11ax?
The IEEE's latest standard, 802.11ax, has been designed inside and out for high efficiency. Also known as Wi-Fi 6, 11ax promises real-world performance improvements that will keep today's mobile users and IoT devices connected and happy. To achieve …
BrandPost: The First SD-WAN 'App Store'
The incredible power and automation offered by today's more advanced SD-WAN platforms is transforming how enterprises are building and managing their networks. Operations that were once massive resource-intensive projects for network teams, have now…
The noise in fiber could be used to increase data capacity
Increasing the capacity of fiber-optic cables might one day be possible through the exploitation of a part of the signal commonly thought of as substandard. That imperfect element in a carrier, called "noise" is usually something one tries to avoid—…
3 steps to take before deploying SD-WAN
As enterprises develop network strategies and technical roadmaps, one hot technology that will be on their radar is SD-WAN, a significant transformational solution in networking and a major change from the MPLS status quo that most enterprises have…
Wearable tech in the enterprise grows, but few workplace uses exist
Take a glance at the wrists of your co-workers, and you're likely to see more and more of them adorned with smartwatches, fitness trackers, and other wearable technology. In meetings, you increasingly see colleagues surreptitiously glancing at their…
BrandPost: Simplifying Operations: Managing Edge Data Centers
IT professionals have been honing their data center management expertise for decades. However, migrating these best practices to an edge computing environment can be challenging.That's because many workers located in edge environments, such as retai…
Data center giants announce new high-speed interconnect
A group of big names in the data center space have linked arms to develop yet another high-speed interconnect, this one designed to connect processor chips.It's called Compute Express Link, or CXL, which is aimed at plugging data-center CPUs into ac…
How to shop for CDN services
Content delivery networks have been around for more than a decade, but many enterprises are taking a new look at the perks and specialization that today's CDN services have to offer.Why the renewed interest? The cloud-first movement, all-things-vide…
Nvidia grabs Mellanox out from under Intel's nose
After months of speculation, Mellanox found a suitor — and it was a surprise, to say the least. GPU leader Nvidia snatched up the networking vendor for $6.9 billion, topping a rumored previous offer of $6 billion from Nvidia's nemesis, Intel.The ac…
Software-defined perimeter brings trusted access to multi-cloud applications, network resources
Many companies today have a hybrid approach to their networking and IT infrastructure. Some elements remain in an on-premise data center, while other portions have gone to the cloud and even to multi-cloud. As a result, the network perimeter is perm…
Facebook gets into the fiber-optic connectivity business
When you think of Facebook services, high-speed connectivity is not the first thing that comes to mind. But the social media giant is doing just that, offering high-capacity fiber-optic routes to sell unused capacity between its data centers for thi…
Survey: Cloud monitoring, management tools come up short
(Editor's note: Recent research by Enterprise Management Associates takes a look at how enterprises regard cloud management tools. This article by Shamus McGillicuddy, EMA's research director for network management, details highlights of "Network En…
BrandPost: How IPsec UDP Helps Scale and Secure SD-WAN Fabrics
IPsec is a critical element in building a scalable and secure SD-WAN fabric. The right IPsec is key to making it happen.Robert Sturt published an article title "SD-WAN vs. VPN: How do they compare?" While Robert tried to illustrate when and how to u…
VMware firewall takes aim at defending apps in data center, cloud
Posted on 8 March 2019 by NetworkWorld.com
VMware has taken the wraps off a firewall it says protects enterprise applications and data inside data centers or clouds.Unlike perimeter firewalls that filter traffic from an unlimited number of unknown hosts, VMware says its new Service-defined F…
How to determine if Wi-Fi 6 is right for you
There's a lot of hype around the next Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax, more commonly known as Wi-Fi 6. Often new technologies are built up by the vendors as being the "next big thing" and then flop because they don't live up to expectations. In the case of…
BrandPost: Resilience at Edge Computing Sites Is Resilience for the Whole IT Environment
As edge computing deployments get under way, organizations need to make their edge computing sites resilient. As the saying goes, "you're only as good as your weakest link," so if edge computing locations are allowed to be the weakest link in a mult…
How blockchain will manage networks
Ethernet networking technology is flawed, say some engineers. The problem is it doesn't have any inherent security built in to it. Ethernet also hard to manage because it's centralized. It's out-of-date, and it needs revamping, researchers say.One a…
Wireless spectrum shortage? Not so fast
The wireless industry has always had to deal with regular (and alarming) pronouncements that we're somehow running out of radio spectrum. We're not. But the misconception regardless gives many IT and network managers pause. After all, if the availab…
Cisco uncorks 26 security patches for switches, firewalls
Cisco has bundled 25 security advisories that describe 26 vulnerabilities in Cisco NX-OS switch and Firepower FXOS firewall software.While the 26 alerts describe vulnerabilities that have a Security Impact Rating of "High," most –23 – affect Cisco N…
Why Wi-Fi needs artificial intelligence
This week Juniper Networks plunked down $405 million to acquire Wi-Fi vendor Mist Systems. As always, Network World's Michael Cooney did a fine job covering the news, so I won't rehash that. What I want to look at is something specific that Cooney w…
SD-WAN: 10 essential considerations
SD-WAN is the hottest new technology in networking and many distributed organizations have already or will soon adopt SD-WAN solutions. Here are 10 essential considerations for IT organizations weighing whether to adopt or expand their SD-WANs. To read…
BrandPost: 4 Tips for Easier Edge Deployments
There are plenty of reasons for organizations to embrace edge computing. By moving applications, data, and computing services to the edge of a network, as opposed to a large data center or cloud, organizations can lower operating costs, improve appl…
How to configure a static IP address on Linux
IP addresses on Linux systems are often assigned automatically by Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers. These are referred to as "dynamic addresses" and may change any time the system is rebooted. When a system is a server or will be r…
Mobile World Congress: The time of 5G is (almost) here
If there was one common theme to the blizzard of announcements, demonstrations and general public happenings going on at MWC 2019 in Barcelona this year, it was that everyone from smartphone makers to mobile carriers to hardware manufacturers is wil…
The data center is being reimagined, not disappearing
I have documented more than once that the data center is not going away; it's being reimagined. And now comes a report with greater details on that change.Spiceworks has released its 2019 State of Servers report that examines on-premises server infr…
BrandPost: Network Analytics and AI: How to Choose a Solution that Best Aligns with Your Adoption Strategy
Mina Paik, Director of Portfolio Marketing, Blue Planet
Integrating AI and advanced analytics into your network processes and operations can seem like a daunting task. Mina Paik provides three guidelines for choosing a solution that best fi…
Cryptocurrency miners exploit Docker flaw
According to Imperva research, a container flaw reported last month (CVE-2019-5736) in Docker's remote API has already been taken advantage of by hundreds of attackers.Imperva claims that they were able to locate 3,822 Docker hosts with the remote A…
Juniper grabs Mist for wireless AI, cloud service delivery technology
Juniper has entered into an agreement to buy advanced wireless-gear-maker Mist Systems for $405 million. For Juniper the Mist buy could be significant as it currently depends on agreements with partners such as Aerohive and Aruba to deliver wireless…
BrandPost: Can SD-WAN Help Overcome IT Skill Shortages?
The primary driver cited is an aging worker pool and the overwhelming male makeup of this sector.Other factors contributing to skill shortages include a lack of:
Hybrid IT skills
New skills like managing SLAs for off-premise workloads
Software skill…
Is Cisco's CCIE certificate relevant any more?
WAVE Life Sciences was barreling toward its commercial launch when it hit a critical speedbump. The company's network, a key part of the launch, received a negative assessment and would need to be re-architected. Anthony Murabito, vice president of IT …
Is Cisco's CCIE certificate relevant anymore?
Bringing IoT to old-school industries without disruption is challenging
In the enterprise half of the IoT world, heavy industries like energy, manufacturing, and automotive are the biggest success stories for the new technology, but the prospect of integrating their existing computerized-orchestration and management techno…
The Open Compute Project is quickly gaining ground
Eight years ago, Facebook launched the Open Compute Project (OCP), an open-source hardware initiative to design the most energy-efficient server gear for massive, hyperscale data centers. The promise was flexibility of hardware and software and desi…
FinOps services aim to tackle cloud financial management
When companies move away from using data centers with fixed costs toward consumption-based spending in the cloud, they have to consider transforming their financial operating model.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
Cisco warns a critical patch is needed for a remote access firewall, VPN and router
Posted on 28 February 2019 by NetworkWorld.com
Cisco is warning organizations with remote users that have deployed a particular Cisco wireless firewall, VPN and router to patch a critical vulnerability in each that could let attackers break into the network.The vulnerability, which has an impact…
New chemistry-based data storage would blow Moore's Law out of the water
Molecular electronics, where charges move through tiny, sole molecules, could be the future of computing and, in particular, storage, some scientists say.Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) point out that a molecule-level computing techniq…
BrandPost: Why Data Center Management Responsibilities Must Include Edge Data Centers
Now that edge computing has emerged as a major trend, the question for enterprises becomes how to migrate the data center management expertise acquired over many years to these new, remote environments.Enterprise data centers have long provided a st…
Why the industrial IoT is more important than consumer devices — and 7 more surprising IoT trends
Given the Internet of Things' (IoT) perch atop the hype cycle, IoT trend-spotting has become a full-time business, not just an end-of-the-year pastime. It seems every major — and minor — IoT player is busy laying out its vision of where the technolo…
VMware preps milestone NSX release for enterprise-cloud push
Looking to ease deployments of software-defined networks while reinforcing automation and security for hybrid and multicloud customers, VMware has taken the wraps off of a major release of its NSX-T Data Center software.While the NSX-T 2.4 announcem…
Protecting the IoT: 3 things you must include in an IoT security plan
With many IT projects, security is often an afterthought, but that approach puts the business at significant risk. The rise of IoT adds orders of magnitude more devices to a network, which creates many more entry points for threat actors to breach. …
The big picture: Is IoT in the enterprise about making money or saving money?
Everyone knows the Internet of Things (IoT) is a transformative technology for consumers, vendors, and enterprises that's in the process of becoming a historically huge market—measured in trillions, not billions, of dollars. That's great, and most l…
How to adopt a disruptive network technology with minimal disruption
Disruptive network technologies are great—at least until they threaten to disrupt essential everyday network services and activities. That's when it's time to consider how innovations such as SDN, SD-WAN, intent-based networking (IBN) and network funct…
Western Digital launches SSDs for different enterprise use cases
Last week I highlighted a pair of ARM processors with very different use cases, and now the pattern repeats as Western Digital, a company synonymous with hard-disk technology, introduces a pair of SSDs for markedly different use.The Western Digital …
What to know about planning mobile edge systems (MEC)
Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a network architecture that supports compute, analytics and storage capacity at the edge of the network, and proponents say it provides substantial performance benefits for applications requiring low latency, especially I…
Linux security: Cmd provides visibility, control over user activity
There's a new Linux security tool you should be aware of — Cmd (pronounced "see em dee") dramatically modifies the kind of control that can be exercised over Linux users. It reaches way beyond the traditional configuration of user privileges and tak…
10 hot quantum-computing startups to watch
Quantum computing is still in its infancy, but you wouldn't know it judging from the investments pouring into the space.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
Vapor IO heads new edge computing alliance
Edge computing container specialist Vapor IO has organized the Kinetic Edge Alliance, a group of hardware, software and networking companies that plan to collaborate on accelerating the integration edge solutions.The list of partners includes Federa…
IoT providers need to take responsibility for performance
Last year saw the continued growth of enterprises adopting internet of things solutions, with companies harnessing the power of wireless data collection, analytics and connectivity to enhance productivity and efficiency in ways we could previously not …
IBM marries on-premises, private- and public-cloud data
IBM has taken the wraps off of a new multi-cloud integration platform it hopes will help customers manage, secure and integrate data no matter where it resides – in on-premise, private-cloud or public-cloud applications.Enterprise customers are face…
That VPN may not be as secure as you think
If you're a VPN subscriber and have ever wondered just how secure the supposedly encrypted pipe that you're using through the internet is — and whether the anonymity promise made by the VPN provider is indeed protecting your privacy— well, your hunc…
Sitting in the Linux cockpit
If you haven't tried the relatively new Linux Cockpit, you might be surprised by all it can do. It's a user-friendly web-based console that provides some very easy ways to administer Linux systems — through the web. You can monitor system resources,…
Lentiq combines data lakes with edge computing
It's a common tactic to combine two technologies for synergy sake, but Lentiq really has a unique idea. It is combining the concept of the data lake with edge computing into what it calls "interconnected micro data lakes," or data pools."Data pools"…
The long, slow death of commercial Unix
In the 1990s and well into the 2000s, if you had mission-critical applications that required zero downtime, resiliency, failover and high performance, but didn't want a mainframe, Unix was your go-to solution.To read this article in full, please click …
BrandPost: Aligning Blue Planet with the Future of Intelligent Network Automation
Rick Hamilton, Senior Vice President, Blue Planet Software
Ciena's Blue Planet is being evolved into a more independent division focused on intelligent automation. Rick Hamilton, who leads this new division, explains how aligning your IT and netw…
Lenovo jumps into the pay-per-use server market
A year ago, every major vendor had a pay-per-use on-premises server as a way to counteract the popularity of cloud vendors — all but Lenovo.Well, no more. The company is launching TruScale, a pay-per-use system for its servers that it says offers tr…
BrandPost: Wi-Fi Next Steps: 802.11ax or 802.11ac?
With a new wireless standard ready and available, 2019 unwraps a wireless conundrum as 802.11ax solutions take their place in the market. You may also hear about Wi-Fi 6, which is just the new nomenclature used by the Wi-Fi Alliance (instead of 802….
SD-WAN can help solve challenges of multi-cloud
With SD-WAN becoming remote users' primary access to cloud-based applications, and with organizations deploying multi-cloud environments to optimize performance, it's important for IT pros to choose SD-WAN technology that supports secure, low-latency a…
BrandPost: Top Ten Reasons to Think Outside the Router #4: Broadband is Used Only for Failover
Continuing our homage to the iconic David Letterman Top Ten List from his former Late Show, Silver Peak is counting down the Top Ten Reasons to Think Outside the Router. Click for the #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10 reasons to replace conventional branch…